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Commanded Shot

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:45 pm
by petedalby
Apologies if this has been raised before.

My cav BG charges an enemy cav BG. He overlaps me on my left. After the impact I move a commanded shot BG next to my Cav so that the bases are in side edge and corner to corner contact on the cav base's rear corner - so my shot are 10mm away from the enemy overlap and providing Protection to my Cav.

1 - is this legal? I can't see why it's not but my opponent didn't like it.

2 - Does the shot have to be Steady to confer protection on the Cavalry Base?

3 - What if the shot becomes Fragmented? Does it still protect the Cavalry Base?

I couldn't find anything to say that the Commanded Shot have to be Steady - but I may not have looked in the right place?

Cheers

Re: Commanded Shot

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:42 am
by rbodleyscott
petedalby wrote:Apologies if this has been raised before.

My cav BG charges an enemy cav BG. He overlaps me on my left. After the impact I move a commanded shot BG next to my Cav so that the bases are in side edge and corner to corner contact on the cav base's rear corner - so my shot are 10mm away from the enemy overlap and providing Protection to my Cav.

1 - is this legal? I can't see why it's not but my opponent didn't like it.
It seems to me that it is legal - although it hadn't occurred to me (or your opponent)
2 - Does the shot have to be Steady to confer protection on the Cavalry Base?
No
3 - What if the shot becomes Fragmented? Does it still protect the Cavalry Base?
Yes.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:09 am
by petedalby
Excellent - thanks Richard.

I'm surprised this hasn't been seen before - but it is a very similar mechanism to the one we had in DBR.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:37 am
by kevinj
And presumably the Shot can still shoot, providing they have a target?

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:42 am
by petedalby
And presumably the Shot can still shoot, providing they have a target?
I believe so - and they can be shot at with normal factors as they are not in overlap. That's how I came to be fragged. :(

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:01 am
by kadeshuk
Perhaps cheddared would be a better word than fragged in this case?? :D :D :D

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:48 pm
by timmy1
Pete

I like it. Thought never occurred to me but I really can see it's uses.